In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 403 - The Overturning of Normal Human Life October 5, 2018 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What bases are there for what you call the end of normal human life or a steady erosion of normal human life? Rick Rosner: We were talking earlier: Is it surprising or weird that …
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In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 402 - Moore's Law As Moore's Laws (3) October 4, 2018 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: How might this trend in Moore's Law relate to evolution? Rick Rosner: I think evolution is imperfectly opportunistic. That all the organisms in the world are facing the conditions that they face; life is …
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In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 401 - Moore's Law As Moore's Laws (2) October 3, 2018 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: How did the conversation with the AI guy go? Rick Rosner: I talked to a guy who works in AI. He told me that I was way off about human-level AI in the near …
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In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 400 - Moore's Law As Moore's Laws (1) October 2, 2018 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What is the plural nature of Moore's Law? Rick Rosner: People have been arguing for years. Moore's Law is a set of laws about the rates at which various computer components shrink down, …
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In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 399 - Golden Age of Comedy October 1, 2018 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: How did we come to the Golden Age of Comedy? Rick Rosner: I have a half-assed and obvious theory. Dominant media attract the most talented people. The shift over the past 120 years. The stage gave …
In-Sight Publishing The Middle-Aged Genius’s Guide to Almost Everything 19 - Your Own Opinions Can Suck Too October 1, 2018 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: So, why are people convinced of their own awesomeness? Rick Rosner: Lance and I argue every week. Lance is super conservative. I am liberal. Lance, often, accuses me of …
In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 398 – Proximal & Distal, Relevance & Irrelevance September 30, 2018 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What is this armature, this background structure? Rick Rosner: The connective structure and the hardware, which you can't see, is probably reflected in the locations and relationships among celestial objects, which you can see. …
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In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 396 – Simplest Forms Most Beautiful September 28, 2018 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What will be the basis for replication of consciousness, the non-mystical deeply interconnected information processing of the brain? Rick Rosner: Humans will be able to replicate or come up with things that think; it will be …
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In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 395 – Brain Efficiencies September 27, 2018 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: How does the brain achieve its efficiencies? Rick Rosner: One way is specialization. I am sure. It is important for humans to be able to recognize verticals and horizontals in their field of view. I am sure the …
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